Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lot 2562    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 25TH NOV)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $420

IONIA, Chios, (probably c.410-380 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.38 g), obv. Sphinx facing to left with neck amphora and grapes above before, rev. Four part incuse punch with light bevelling around outer edges of small squares artificially roughened, (cf.S.4600, SNG Cop. 1546 [Pl.35], BMC 24-5 [p.330], cf.SNG Delepierre 2680-3 [Pl.73], McClean 8363, 8365 [Pl.291, 13-14], Mavrogordato 41, ACNAC Davis No. 218, [p.32, Pl.XVIII], N.Hardwick [PhD Thesis] Type 4b [p.260-265, Pl. 6, row 4 & 5, 28-35, Pl.7, row 1, 1-8, no symbol issue, for closest obverse die and for similar reverse die]). Good very fine and a very rare variety.

Ex Spink America Auction, New York, December 6-7, 1999 (lot 657 part), from a private collection formed by a pair of Polish brothers and sold by auction in New York.
An obverse die apparently not reported used on a reverse roughened without granulation as appears on many other published coins. Hardwick notes various symbols in the obverse field, this example is without such a symbol.